This one-day workshop with distinguished artist Troy Corliss will focus on seeing and capturing the beautiful landscape surrounding Sorensen’s Resort. Learn to plan and set up a shoot, look at forming compositions with light and shadow, and discuss how the camera sees light through time and aperture…

A good friend of ours from nearby Carson Valley started out several months ago on an amazing trip. Starting from Moscow she explored Russian art and culture, followed her heart with a free Metro card to France, and then went on to a hiking tour of the spectacular Camino de Santiago…

The waters of the West Fork of the Carson River, which snakes through the heart of Hope Valley, offer some of the best trout fishing in the Sierra. Sorensen's fills the needs of all levels, with fly-fishing lessons and expert guiding available for all levels…

Crispy night skies, bright stars, galaxies and constellations. Here at 7,000 ft., the dark Sierra night offers the casual to expert stargazer a host of opportunities to appreciate, identify and wonder about what’s out there. Join astronomers Adrienne Cool and Ron Marzke for this evening of learning and stargazing…

Paint on location at beautiful Sorensen’s Resort and the surrounding Hope Valley environs. Your paintings will come to life while experiencing the beautiful landscapes of aspen and pine forests, the massive granite peaks of the Eastern Sierra…

In readying the resort for the winter holidays, remember that Sorensen’s offers large doses of the holiday spirit. With a sense of enchantment, you’ll enjoy this creative endeavor with instructor Babette Mullen, Sorensen’s summer gardener par excellence…

A traditional menu, with all the trimmings at the Sorensen’s Cafe. We start with appetizers, a choice of soup or salad, and main course of roasted turkey, dressing w/Corralitos Market sausage bits, garlic mashed potatoes, vegetable, dinner rolls, dessert… Plus a complimentary glass of wine, coffee or tea!

Bring the kids, bring the whole family and don’t forget the costumes! We’re starting Halloween a little early this year with a parade, goodies, games and prizes! We’ll fire up the campfire and roast marshmallows just for good measure…

We’re reinstating our popular Fall Color Hike this season with local resident and guide, Jim Woods. What makes the quaking aspen leaves change color anyway? Is it the light, how much rain or snow fell or shorter days? Time to find out…

Joining up with Lake Tahoe Paint and Sip, two exciting workshops are scheduled at Sorensen’s this summer. All ages and abilities are welcome from kids to adults. An artist will walk you step-by-step through a painting and you will take home a masterpiece and a memorable souvenir...

Cost: $50 per person; includes a glass of wine, appetizers, and instruction.

JOIN THE EXCITEMENT of painting on location with Lady Jill Mueller at 7,000 feet in the High Sierra. Your paintings come to life as you come alive to the embracing fall air, aspen groves in an array of different colors, with camaraderie in the afternoon around the cafe fire. Class is limited to 10and fills fast. RESERVE YOUR CABIN AND SPOT IN THE CLASS TODAY!

Acclaimed nature artist John “Jack” Muir Laws will join Sorensen’s once again to provide his popular Winter Sketching Workshop. Learn techniques for fast sketches, drawings and paintings. Keeping a field journal will heighten your senses and enrich your memory. Bring a sketchbook, binoculars, and your favorite lightweight drawing materials. No experience necessary. Jack is the author of easy-to-use Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, Laws Guide to Drawing Birds, and The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling. All available at Sorensen’s Bookshop.

The best of Alpine County shows up as the trees show off their fall finery during the annual Alpine Aspen Festival. Celebrate these tree that paint the Sierra with fall color at this two-day event in the heart of Hope Valley, always a top spot to catch the fall foliage show. Enjoy music and special events and activities, including Dutch-oven cooking, fly-fishing lessons, horseback riding, disc golf and history and nature walks. Try a yoga class, or, after dark, join a star party. Learn about conservation, local history, and more at a free tent Talk. Enjoy good food and family fun as we celebrate our love of the land. You can even adopt an Aspen Tree! For more information and to volunteer go to http://www.alpineaspenfestival.org or call (775) 721-0487

Long were the days of our early emigrants. And, the hardest part of the 1849 Gold Rush was over nearby Carson Pass, most notably the treacherous Devil’s Ladder. Join us on a walking, hiking, and driving tour that follows the very same paths where emigrants followed in oxen-pulled wagons. Enjoy the tales of this remarkable journey, excerpted from authentic diaries. Celebrate the triumphs and note the endeavors and hardships of those who made their way across America. Feel their fears, and know their hopes and dreams for a better future. Historian Dianne Jennings will lead the way. (Non-hiking alternatives offered). Enjoy an evening slide-show the night before the hike. For trek and/or lodging reservations, call Sorensen’s at (800) 423-9949 or (530) 694-2203.

Long were the days of our early emigrants. And, the hardest part of the 1849 Gold Rush was over nearby Carson Pass, most notably the treacherous Devil’s Ladder. Join us on a walking, hiking, and driving tour that follows the very same paths where emigrants followed in oxen-pulled wagons. Enjoy the tales of this remarkable journey, excerpted from authentic diaries. Celebrate the triumphs and note the endeavors and hardships of those who made their way across America. Feel their fears, and know their hopes and dreams for a better future. Historian Dianne Jennings will lead the way. (Non-hiking alternatives offered). Enjoy an evening slide-show the night before the hike. For trek and/or lodging reservations, call Sorensen’s at (800) 423-9949 or (530) 694-2203.

Our native tribes certainly knew the medicinal value of our Sierra plants and flowers. Their very own medicine cabinet covered the fields and mountains in and around Hope Valley. In fact, the regional Lake Tahoe ranges are chock-full of what can be good for you. Join Dr. Kimball Chatfield, a medical botanist and Doctor of Oriental Medicine, for a fascinating treasure hunt, in search of wild blueberries, currants, yarrow, roses, onions, as well as mint, St. John’s Wort and other plants with surprising medicinal uses. Dr. Chatfield is author of Astragalus: Ancient Herb for Modern Times (available at Sorensen’s). For information and reservations, call Sorensen’s at (800) 423-9949.